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Dr. Barbara Parker Embracing the Challenge
“Healing and hope,” says Dr. Barbara Parker, “are always possible.” With optimism and a deep sense of gratitude, she has begun her tenure as Medical Director of Oncology Services at Moores Cancer...
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Easy to Swallow: First Scarless Myotomy Performed in United States
Dr. Thomas Savides was part of the team that performed a landmark surgical procedure for achalasia, an esophageal disorder, at UCSD Medical Center recently. The UCSD News story, “Easy to Swallow: First...
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Region’s First Dedicated Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego Ready for...
On Sunday, April 3, 2011, the gleaming glass doors of the UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center (SCVC) will welcome patients from across the county and around the world. … Read the full story...
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First-ever Procedure in Region’s Only Hybrid Operating Room
UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center experts have performed San Diego’s first-ever coronary revascularization procedure using a hybrid operating room, the only facility of its kind in the...
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A Rich, Collaborative Environment Advances Patient Care
UC San Diego Health Sciences has entered a period of remarkable growth, one that will strengthen its position as a destination academic medical center. In addition to the recent addition of the...
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UC San Diego Center for Transplantation “VAD Destination Therapy” Approved
Heart failure patients with few options find future in mechanical devices The Joint Commission has approved UC San Diego Health System’s Disease-Specific Care Certification for Ventricular Assist...
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Radical Surgery Saves Life of Young Mom, California First
Liver Removed, Reconstructed, Re-Implanted A team led by Dr. Alan Hemming, a transplant surgeon at UC San Diego Health System, has successfully performed the West Coast’s first ex-vivo liver resection,...
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UC San Diego Cardiology Team Performs 100th Extraction Procedure with 100...
A multidisciplinary team from the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at University of California, San Diego Health System has performed its 100th lead (pronounced “leed”) extraction surgery, a delicate...
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Blacks Have Less Access to Cancer Specialists, Treatment
UC San Diego Study Suggests Racial Inequality Leads to Higher Mortality Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say metastatic colorectal cancer patients of...
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